I stumbled upon one of your videos about rebuilding your Elite transmission which led me to your channel. I see that these videos are a year old and this one has only two comments so I thought I would chime in. My interest is multifaceted. First, for some reason, I sometimes enjoy watching people work on cars. I don't know if that is some sort of vicarious pleasure or just being lazy because I could be working on my own cars. Second, I've always liked the 2nd gen Elite. It's too bad that they weren't more popular. Third, a friend of mine recently bought an Elite project so I was considering sending your videos to him (but I might not because I don't want him to be worried that his transaxle might only last 18,000 miles!). Fourth, I'm in a rather long process of rebuilding the transaxle on my Europa. I have a Renault Fuego transaxle in my car and I had a devil of a time finding all the bearings (I changed the synchros, seals, and as many of the bearings as I could find). Of two bearings I'm short, one is on its way and I am told it has been found and ordered so hopefully I'll get it in the not too distant future. We'll see... I enjoyed your videos. It made me glad that I have a transaxle rather than a transmission such as yours since it seems a lot easier! I didn't expect that what you did would have much relationship to what I have and will do but there was much less than I expected. I don't know about Strombergs on the Elite but on the Twin Cam Europa, there isn't that much difference between them and Webers. Admittedly not as sexy as Webers but they are very serviceable. As I mentioned, you did the work in this video more than a year ago so I hope everything worked out well and you are enjoying your Elite!
Thanks for the comment. I make videos as I have something do work on. That is why they are so spaced apart. Its a good thing when your cars do not always need major work. I also have a 74 Europa and other Lotus cars.
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I stumbled upon one of your videos about rebuilding your Elite transmission which led me to your channel. I see that these videos are a year old and this one has only two comments so I thought I would chime in.
My interest is multifaceted. First, for some reason, I sometimes enjoy watching people work on cars. I don't know if that is some sort of vicarious pleasure or just being lazy because I could be working on my own cars. Second, I've always liked the 2nd gen Elite. It's too bad that they weren't more popular. Third, a friend of mine recently bought an Elite project so I was considering sending your videos to him (but I might not because I don't want him to be worried that his transaxle might only last 18,000 miles!). Fourth, I'm in a rather long process of rebuilding the transaxle on my Europa. I have a Renault Fuego transaxle in my car and I had a devil of a time finding all the bearings (I changed the synchros, seals, and as many of the bearings as I could find). Of two bearings I'm short, one is on its way and I am told it has been found and ordered so hopefully I'll get it in the not too distant future. We'll see...
I enjoyed your videos. It made me glad that I have a transaxle rather than a transmission such as yours since it seems a lot easier! I didn't expect that what you did would have much relationship to what I have and will do but there was much less than I expected.
I don't know about Strombergs on the Elite but on the Twin Cam Europa, there isn't that much difference between them and Webers. Admittedly not as sexy as Webers but they are very serviceable.
As I mentioned, you did the work in this video more than a year ago so I hope everything worked out well and you are enjoying your Elite!
Thanks for the comment. I make videos as I have something do work on. That is why they are so spaced apart. Its a good thing when your cars do not always need major work. I also have a 74 Europa and other Lotus cars.
@@lotusrepair1439 It's always nice to see a similarly infected Lotus owner! 🙂
I'd have got rid of those Strombergs, they will get you nowhere